Bywater
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 Bywater
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| Region: | The Shire |
| Area: | Hobbiton-Bywater |
| Location: | [31.9S, 69.7W] |
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Bywater is a village in the Westfarthing of The Shire, on the southern banks of the Bywater Pool, a widening of the river known as The Water. Bywater is known far and wide for the popular tavern, the Green Dragon. Bywater offers adventurers the opportunity to advance their crafting skills and create goods at an oven, forge, and workbench.
The Green Dragon
The Green Dragon is the tavern in Bywater. Barmy Rootknot is the Tavern Keep of the Green Dragon, serving a variety of ales and foods as well as other items useful to travellers and adventurers. Alken Chubb works in the Green Dragon preparing and serving the food.
A Storyteller can always be found by the fire in the Green Dragon, holding audience with many Townpersons.
Standing outside the entrance to the Green Dragon are Gerd Whitfoot grocer and inn-keeper of the Green Dragon, along with a Musician playing music for a Farmer and Partygoer.
Townsfolk
Postman Cotton Postman Jaspera Noakes Novice Cook Glory Hornblower Novice Scholar Drogo Boffin Provisioner Holba Blackiron Light Armour Trader Aldo Topleaf Medium Armour Trader Uffo Bracegirdle Novice Metalsmith Filimer Took One-handed Weapon Trader Fuchsia Proodfoot Novice Weaponcrafter Neldo Oaklane Bowyer Daisy Boffin Supplier Hardo Thornley Two-handed Weapon Trader Porto Chubb Novice Woodworker Garnet Grubb Novice Tailor Briffo Burrows Novice Jeweller Nosey Hobbit Hungry Hobbit
Involved in Quests
Landmarks
Landmarks in and around Bywater include the Three Farthing Stone, Tom Cotton's Farm, and the Methel-stage. The Bywater Bridge crosses The Water just north of Hobbiton.
Lore
In 2941 III, Thorin Oakenshield and his Company of Dwarves waited for the arrival of Bilbo Baggins at the Green Dragon Inn.
The Hobbit, Chapter 2: "Roast Mutton"
On November 1, 3019 III, after returning to the Shire, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck, and Peregrin "Pippin" Took were arrested by the First Eastfarthing Troop in Frogmorton. Saruman, who had taken control of the Shire and was known as the Chief, ordered that they be taken to Bywater. On the morning of November 2, 3019, Frodo and his companions were escorted toward Bywater by several Shirriffs. At the Green Dragon, Merry, Pippin, and Sam fought off several ruffians who then fled to Hobbiton for reinforcements from the Chief's Men. The Hobbits also rallied reinforcements: Merry rallied Hobbits from around Bywater, Sam went to Tom Cotton's Farm, Pippin rode to Tookland. On the morning of November 3, 3019 III, the Battle of Bywater was fought on the Bywater Road. The Hobbitry-in-Arms lead by Merry defeated the Chief's Men and freed their land. The Battle of Bywater was the last battle in the War of the Ring, and the second and last battle to be fought in the Shire after the Battle of the Greenfields in 2747.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Book IV: Chapter 8: "The Scouring of the Shire"
External Reference
| Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of The Shire | |
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| Settlements: | Brockenborings • Budgeford • Bywater • Frogmorton • Hobbiton • Little Delving • Michel Delving • Needlehole • Overhill • Scary • Stock • Tuckborough • Waymeet • Woodhall |
| Areas: | Bindbole Wood • Bridgefields • The Frogmoors • Green Hill Country • Greenfields • Hobbiton-Bywater • North Bridgefields • Rushock Bog • Shire Homesteads • The Hill • The Delving Fields • The Marish • Tookland |
| Landmarks: | Abandoned Elf-camp • Appledores • Bamfurlong • Bolestones • Brandywine Bridge • Bridgefields Wall • Bucklebury Ferry • Bywater Bridge • Dora Brownlock's Farm • The Grange • The Great Willow • Golfimbul's Hole • Lob's Grove • Mathom-house • Methel-stage • Narrowcleeve • Old Odo's Leaf-farm • The Party Tree • Pinglade • Puddifoot's Fields • The Quarry • Sandson's Farm • Sandyman's Mill • The Scrag-dells • South Fields • Southfarthing Gate • Stocktower • Three Farthing Stone • Tom Cotton's Farm • Troll's Knoll • The Yale-height |
